Frances Hodgson Burnett

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Frances Hodgson Burnett was a British-American novelist and playwright best known for her classic children's books "The Secret Garden," "A Little Princess," and "Little Lord Fauntleroy."


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instanceOf children's writer
novelist
person
playwright
adaptedWork A Little Princess (stage and film adaptations)
Little Lord Fauntleroy (stage and film adaptations)
The Secret Garden (stage and film adaptations)
birthDate 1849-11-24
birthPlace Cheetham, Manchester, England
burialPlace Roslyn Cemetery, Roslyn, New York, United States
causeOfDeath congestive heart failure
child Lionel Burnett
Vivian Burnett
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United States of America
deathDate 1924-10-29
deathPlace Plandome, New York, United States
ethnicGroup English people
familyName Hodgson Burnett
fullName Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett
gender female
genre children's literature
fiction
givenName Frances
immigratedTo United States of America
influenced children's literature
languageOfWorkOrName English
movedTo Knoxville, Tennessee, United States NERFINISHED
nationality American
British
notableFor classic children's novels
notableWork A Little Princess
Little Lord Fauntleroy
That Lass o' Lowrie's
The Making of a Marchioness
The Secret Garden
The Shuttle
Through One Administration
occupation novelist
playwright
short story writer
religion Christian Science
residence London, England
New York City, United States NERFINISHED
spouse Swan Burnett
writingPeriod 19th century
20th century
writingStyle sentimental fiction


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